{"id":1240,"date":"2017-08-29T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/youtuber-aims-to-sleep-in-long-beach-kennel-until-reaching-100k-fundraising-goal-for-spcala\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:20:41","slug":"youtuber-aims-to-sleep-in-long-beach-kennel-until-reaching-100k-fundraising-goal-for-spcala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/youtuber-aims-to-sleep-in-long-beach-kennel-until-reaching-100k-fundraising-goal-for-spcala","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Aims to Sleep in Long Beach Kennel Until Reaching $100K for spcaLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvUnxns7d2A?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A YouTube personality is taking fundraising to new levels as he eats, sleeps and broadcasts live from a kennel at a Long Beach animal shelter until he raises $100,000 for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals&#8217; Los Angeles chapter (spcaLA).<\/p>\n<p>As of late Monday morning, Elton Castee has raised over $88,000 since he locked himself in kennel #420 at the spcaLA P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village &amp; Education Center at noon Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Castee is not only a YouTuber but an spcaLA adopter, according to the nonprofit animal welfare organization\u2019s president, Madeline Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2010, he adopted a dog named Sparta from us,\u201d Bernstein stated. \u201cThe experience and Sparta so deeply affected him that he came up with this fundraiser as a way to honor Sparta\u2019s memory (Sparta passed away about a year ago).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans can view the broadcast 24 hours a day on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uvUnxns7d2A&amp;feature=youtu.be\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and viewers can <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/spcala\/site\/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app260b?2519.donation=form1&amp;df_id=2519&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;NONCE_TOKEN=AC31763303BCDD255E634E4E6557F01E\">donate money here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/spcala\/site\/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app260b?2519.donation=form1&amp;df_id=2519&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;NONCE_TOKEN=AC31763303BCDD255E634E4E6557F01E.\">.<\/a> Castee has also been inviting friends and fans to visit him during the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p><em>City News Service contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A YouTube personality is taking fundraising to new levels as he eats, sleeps and broadcasts live from a kennel at a Long Beach animal shelter until he raises $100,000 for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals&#8217; 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